Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2023 recipient: Bonnie Milligan for Kimberly Akimbo
Awarded for	Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Location	United States New York City
Presented by	American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League
Currently held by	Bonnie Milligan for Kimberly Akimbo (2023)
Website	TonyAwards.com

The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical has been presented since 1950. The award was not given at the first three Tony Award ceremonies. Nominees were not announced publicly until 1956.

Winners and nominees

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Win total

2 Wins

• Judy Kaye
• Andrea Martin
• Audra McDonald

Nomination total

Character win total

2 Wins

• Carrie Pipperidge from Carousel
• Marge MacDougall from Promises, Promises

Character nomination total

Productions with multiple nominations

Winners are in boldface

• The Sound of Music – Patricia Neway and Lauri Peters, Kathy Dunn, Evanna Lien, Mary Susan Locke, Marilyn Robers, William Snowden* & Joseph Stewart
• A Joyful Noise – Leland Palmer and Susan Watson
• Applause – Bonnie Franklin and Penny Fuller
• Company – Barbara Barrie and Pamela Myers (This is the first time the show had multiple nominations)
• A Little Night Music – Patricia Elliott and Hermione Gingold
• Candide – Maureen Brennan and June Gable
• A Chorus Line – Kelly Bishop and Priscilla Lopez
• Side by Side by Sondheim – Millicent Martin and Julia McKenzie
• Ain't Misbehavin' – Nell Carter and Charlayne Woodard
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Carlin Glynn and Joan Ellis
• West Side Story – Debbie Allen and Josie de Guzman
• Nine – Karen Akers, Liliane Montevecchi, and Anita Morris (This is the first time the show had multiple nominations)
• Quilters – Evalon Baron and Lenka Peterson
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Patti Cohenour and Jana Schneider
• Les Misérables – Frances Ruffelle and Judy Kuhn
• Me and My Girl – Jane Connell and Jane Summerhays (Les Misérables and Me and My Girl were nominated the same year)
• Cabaret – Alyson Reed and Regina Resnik
• Jerome Robbins' Broadway – Debbie Gravitte, Jane Lanier, and Faith Prince
• The Secret Garden – Daisy Eagan and Alison Fraser
• Smokey Joe's Cafe – Brenda Braxton, B.J. Crosby, and DeLee Lively
• Contact – Deborah Yates and Karen Ziemba
• Swing! – Laura Benanti and Ann Hampton Callaway (Contact and Swing! were nominated the same year)
• 42nd Street – Kate Levering and Mary Testa
• Nine – Jane Krakowski, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Chita Rivera (This is the second time the show had multiple nominations)
• The Boy from Oz – Beth Fowler and Isabel Keating
• The Color Purple – Felicia P. Fields and Elisabeth Withers
• Billy Elliot the Musical – Haydn Gwynne and Carole Shelley
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown – Laura Benanti and Patti LuPone
• Fun Home – Judy Kuhn, Sydney Lucas, and Emily Skeggs
• Carousel – Renée Fleming and Lindsay Mendez
• Oklahoma! – Ali Stroker and Mary Testa
• Tootsie – Lilli Cooper and Sarah Stiles (Oklahoma! and Tootsie were nominated the same year)
• Jagged Little Pill – Kathryn Gallagher, Celia Rose Gooding, and Lauren Patten
• Company – Patti LuPone and Jennifer Simard (This is the second time the show had multiple nominations)

Multiple awards and nominations

Actress who have been nominated multiple times in any acting categories